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Austin Peay State University Softball takes two from Belmont Bruins Saturday

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Austin Peay State University Lady Govs - APSUClarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University’s softball team rallied for two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning of Game 2, Saturday, to earn a sweep of its Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader with Belmont University, 8-4 and 2-1, at Cheryl Holt Field.

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Game 2 of the doubleheader was a pitcher’s duel between the Lady Govs (13-14, 2-2 OVC) Sidney Hooper and the Bruins Brittanie Albright, as both carried shutouts into the sixth inning.

But Belmont (7-16, 1-3 OVC) broke the scoreless deadlock, with Jessica Wilson reaching on a one-out single to right-center field and scored all the way around from first base on a double to right-center by Kat Hollingsworth.

Vinchenza DiBenedettoBut Austin Peay answered right back with Lauren de Castro getting on base via a one-out walk and score the tying run on a double to center field by Vinchenza DiBenedetto, who advanced to third base on the throw home attempting to cut down de Castro.

Three pitches later, DiBenedetto would score what turned out to be the winning run when she raced home following a low, outside pitch from Albright pitch that couldn’t be stopped by Bruins catcher Kim Johnson, resulting in a wild pitch.

Belmont would get a runner on in the top of the seventh inning, but Hooper was able to pitch around it for the 2-1 victory.

Laurel BurroughsHooper (3-2) got the win, permitting six hits and one earned run while striking out five and walking one.

Albright (2-7) took the loss, giving up six hits and two earned runs. She also walked two and struck out four.

Laurel Burroughs led Austin Peay with two hits while Jordan Daly had two hits for Belmont.

In the opener, the Lady Govs would use two big innings to post the come-from-behind victory.

Trailing 2-1 heading into the bottom of the third, Austin Peay loaded the bases with one out on an infield single by Marissa Lake, a double by Kayla Davidson and a walk to de Castro.

After the Bruins recorded the inning’s second out, Burroughs drew a walk, forcing in Lake with the first run. Kristin Whitmire followed with a single that scored Davidson and de Castro.

But a bad throw to third by Belmont’s catcher allowed Burroughs to score to make it 5-2 Austin Peay.

The score would remain that way until the bottom of the sixth inning when Austin Peay would tack on three more runs, two coming on RBI singles by Lake and Davidson and a third off a Belmont error.

Marissa LakeLake, Davidson and Burroughs all had two hits in the opener.

The Bruins scored twice in the top of the seventh inning on a RBI single by Wilson and a sacrifice fly by Hollingsworth, but that was as close as they would get with de Castro getting Mia Vierra to ground into a 6-4-3 double play to end the game.

Wilson led Belmont with three hits while Ashley Hammer recorded two.

Belmont opened the game by jumping out 1-0 on a home run by Wilson in the top of the first inning with de Castro matching the homer with an opposite-field blast in the bottom of the second.

Kayla DavidsonThe Bruins took their final lead in the top of the third inning on a double steal, with Kirbie Ferrell scoring on the back-side of the double steal.

Picking up the win was de Castro, who improves to 8-5 on the season, while Taylor Moon (3-5) took the loss.

Austin Peay returns to action noon, Sunday, hosting Tennessee State in another key OVC doubleheader at Cheryl Holt Field.

Box Score – Game 1

Belmont vs. Austin Peay Lady Govs
Saturday, March 22nd, 2014 |
Clarksville, TN | Cheryl Holt Field

Belmont 4 (7-15,1-2 OVC)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob
FERRELL, Kirbie 2b 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
HAMMER, Ashley ss 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0
WILSON, Jessica c/3b 4 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 0
CRISCIONE, Amanda pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOLLINGSWORTH, Kat cf 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2
VIERRA, Mia 3b/dp 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2
DALY, Jordan 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 2
SNODGRESS, Carolyn dp/p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
BROWN, Kayla pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAWSON, MJ lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
ZERONIAN, Amy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
WELLS, Kayla rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MOON, Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
JOHNSON, Kimberly c 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Totals 27 4 8 3 3 5 18 6 7

Austin Peay 8 (12-14,1-2 OVC)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob
LAKE, Marissa lf 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
DAVIDSON, Kayla ss 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 0
PAVEL, Mel c 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
de CASTRO, Lauren p 1 2 1 1 3 0 0 2 0
SPARKS, Niya 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
DiBENEDETTO, Vinchen ph/3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
BURROUGHS, Laurel 2b 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 3 2
WHITMIRE, Kristin 1b 2 0 1 2 0 0 9 2 2
De VRIES, Amanda rf 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
ARKANSAS, Rikki cf 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
GROVES, Chandler ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 8 9 6 5 5 21 12 7

 

Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Belmont............. 101 000 2 -  4  8  2
Austin Peay......... 014 003 X -  8  9  1
-----------------------------------------

 

E – FERRELL(5); WILSON(6); LAKE(1). DP – Austin Peay 1. LOB – Belmont 7; Austin Peay 7. 2B – FERRELL(3); DAVIDSON(5); BURROUGHS(3). HR – WILSON(4); DE CASTRO(3). HBP – WHITMIRE. SH – HAMMER(9). SF – HOLLINGSWORT(3). SB – FERRELL(5); HOLLINGSWORT(8).

 

 

Belmont ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
MOON, Taylor L,3-5 2.2 5 5 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 13 16 2 4 67
SNODGRESS, Carolyn 3.1 4 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 14 17 5 2 67
Austin Peay ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
de CASTRO, Lauren W,8-5 7.0 8 4 4 3 5 0 0 0 0 27 32 3 12 105

 

Win – DE CASTRO (8-5). Loss – MOON (3-5). Save – None. HBP – by MOON (WHITMIRE). Pitches/strikes: MOON 67/41; SNODGRESS 67/42; DE CASTRO 105/63. Umpires – HP: Brenda Lloyd 1B: Richard Milburn 3B: Glenn Kilgore
Start: 12:01 pm Time: 2:06 Attendance: 75
Weather: Partly cloudy, 54, Wind:N13

 

Box Score – Game 2

Belmont at Austin Peay
Saturday, March 22nd, 2014
Clarksville, TN | Cheryl Holt Field

Belmont 1 (7-16,1-3 OVC)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob
FERRELL, Kirbie 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 1 1
HAMMER, Ashley ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
WILSON, Jessica 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2
HOLLINGSWORTH, Kat cf 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0
VIERRA, Mia dp/p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DALY, Jordan 1b 3 0 2 0 0 1 3 1 1
JOHNSON, Kimberly c 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 2
WELLS, Kayla rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
LAWSON, MJ lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
ALBRIGHT, Brittanie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 1 6 1 1 5 18 6 6

Austin Peay 2 (13-14,2-2 OVC)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob
LAKE, Marissa lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0
DAVIDSON, Kayla ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
PAVEL, Mel c 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
de CASTRO, Lauren dp 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
DiBENEDETTO, Vinchen 3b 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 2
BURROUGHS, Laurel 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
WHITMIRE, Kristin 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 0
HOOPER, Sidney p 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1
ARKANSAS, Rikki cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GABLE, Christiana ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
De VRIES, Amanda rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Totals 23 2 6 1 2 5 21 6 6

 

Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Belmont............. 000 001 0 -  1  6  1
Austin Peay......... 000 002 X -  2  6  0
-----------------------------------------

 

E – WELLS(1). DP – Austin Peay 1. LOB – Belmont 6; Austin Peay 6. 2B – HOLLINGSWORT(4); DIBENEDETTO(2). HBP – HAMMER. SH – HOOPER S(1).

 

 

Belmont ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
ALBRIGHT, Brittanie L,2-7 5.1 6 2 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 21 24 5 7 103
VIERRA, Mia 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 7
Austin Peay ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
HOOPER, Sidney W,3-2 7.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 0 1 0 26 28 9 6 110

 

Win – HOOPER S (3-2). Loss – ALBRIGHT (2-7). Save – None. WP – ALBRIGHT(9). HBP – by HOOPER S (HAMMER). Pitches/strikes: ALBRIGHT 103/62; VIERRA 7/5; HOOPER S 110/74. Umpires – HP: Richard Milburn 1B: Glenn Kilgore 3B: Brenda Lloyd
Start: 2:42 pm Time: 1:55 Attendance: 75
Weather: Sunny, 59, Wind:NW9
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